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angioplasty; balloon angioplasty
Indications:
- arterial occlusive disease
Procedure:
- an invasive procedure to enlarge the lumen of a narrowed artery by balloon compression
- the angioplasty catheter is inserted into an artery, & the cylindrical balloon is inflated at the site of an obstructing atheroma
* Folgard after angioplasty is controversial
* FDA-approved drug-coated balloon Jan 2015 [2]
Related
endarterectomy
Specific
aortic angioplasty
brachiocephalic angioplasty
carotid angioplasty
intracranial angioplasty
percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA)
peripheral artery angioplasty
venous angioplasy (percutaneous transluminal venous angioplasty)
visceral angioplasty
General
interventional radiology
References
- Prescriber's Letter 10(6):33 2003
- LUTONIX 035 Drug Coated Balloon (DCB) PTA Catheter
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES. Public Health Service
Food and Drug Administration
FDA Executive Summary
Prepared for the June 12, 2014 meeting of the Circulatory
System Devices Advisory Panel
http://www.fda.gov/downloads/AdvisoryCommittees/CommitteesMeetingMaterials/MedicalDevices/MedicalDevicesAdvisoryCommittee/CirculatorySystemDevicesPanel/UCM400614.pdf
- Meditronic Press Release.
Jan 5, 2015
http://newsroom.medtronic.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=251324&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=2002957